Gander is one of the best known small towns in the world, especially among weste and easte Europeans. Russians know it with familiarity. This book is not about Gander, however, despite its notoriety; rather it conce s the great wilde ess that surrounds Gander, the magnificent Gander River, laden with salmon; the limitless forests abounding with game. Much has been written about the seafaring Newfoundlander and his exploits on the bay, bight, tickle or sea, but literally nothing has been written about the Newfoundlander as a woodsman. This book then, fills that tremendous gap and gives us, through the life-long experiences of one man, all the excitement, lure and love that a preoccupation with the land can bring.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.8
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-nf
- ISBN
- 9781459300231 9780919519732
- LCCN
- F1124.G35
- LCCN Item number
- S38 1986eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvii, 288 p., [16] p. of plates)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00214649 (OCoLC)288064262 (CaOOCEL)415396
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 4
- Acknowledgements 10
- Author's Preface 12
- Foreword 16
- Part I — Growing Up 20
- Adrift in a Packing Crate and Other Adventures 22
- School Days 33
- Jim John — First Caribou Hunting Trip 47
- A Taste of Turr 63
- On the Surveys 67
- The Warden and the Bear 75
- Poor Stan 80
- Part II — Away 88
- Toronto 90
- New York City 100
- Boston to Buffalo 107
- Huntsville and Home 120
- Part III — A Dollar Here, A Dollar There 146
- Dole Days 148
- Furring 158
- Esau Gillingham, "White Eskimo" 173
- Rabbits by the Thousands 177
- The River Was Our Road 186
- A Trip to Twillingate 194
- Man Overboard! 200
- Shot! 208
- Norseman and Fox Moth 214
- Pike Pole, Chrome Iron and Cod 220
- Part IV — Better Times 230
- Blue Charm and Silver Doctor 232
- An Old Angler Recalls the Gander 240
- Moose Hunting 246
- Caribou Hunting 254
- A Long, Hard Stalk 264
- Hunters Good and Bad 270
- Animals Tame and Wild 277
- Afterword: A Short Family History 288
- Appendices 296
